If someone is 96yrs old has a heart attack what would you make of this?

[VladmirsPoutine]

So a 96yr old man has a heart attack. Most mornings he has bacon/eggs etc fried in oil. Would your position be to cut down on the oily foods because they aren't very healthy for anyone at that rate let alone a near centenarian but would your view be well you're 96 so if you fancy also breaking out a crack-pipe have at it!!!

Just curious as I'm not sure where I stand on this and I do have a stake in this particular battle.

Team crack-pipe.

Team crack pipe too. Once you're past about 12 you decide what you want to eat.

My 93 year old neighbour has bacon and egg every morning. She still lives at home alone.

Actually, scratch the “at 96”.

What I mean is, “if they have agency”.

When did we get in the game of refusing to let people make their own decisions just because we disagree with them?

My mum was 82 and had severe dementia. She also had borderline type 2 diabetes. But she loved a pudding. She died of the dementia at 83 and we never begrudged her those puddings with custard. She’d regressed a bit and they were actual comfort food for her. Did they shorten her life? Possibly but at least she was happy.

Jeez, let him eat whatever he wants. His lifestyle choices have obviously served him very well so far so I doubt he’d take it too kindly to be lectured to by a young whippersnapper 😅

I know a 95 year old guy who’s wife won’t let him eat anything unhealthy. She’s terrified of losing him, poor sod.

@WhoNeedsaManOfTheWorld

Eat whatever he wants I used to work doing community cardiac rehab. I had an upset patient whose favourite food was prawns and the dietitian told him to give them up. He was 95 and still living independently. I told him if I reach 95 I'll eat anything I want, he was chuffed to bits and started eating prawns again

What the heck is wrong with prawns?

I think if you get to 90, its enjoy what you can.

At 96, let him eat whatever he wants, smoke and drink as much as he wants and enjoy himself.

At 96 it's more important that he is eating protein and calories. Weight loss is not recommended. He should be eating a diet he enjoys.

So crack on with the bacon and eggs.

If he says what he wants, he has made the decision about what to eat and that should be respected. It’s not exactly going to shorten his life, is it? Even if it were, it’s still his decision to make.

Food is increasingly important as people become aged. They lose the opportunity to make many decisions or to lead a wide and exciting life. Taking away their right to choose what they eat borders on immoral.

He should eat whatever he likes. Eating fried bacon everyday is not a critical issue, maintaining his quality of life should be.

The myth of eating fat causing heart problems is just that… a myth.

Let the man eat whatever the hell he likes!

At96 whatever he wants!

Currently a sensible non smoker/ low alchohol sensible diet as I have responsibility for seeing that small people grow up with positive role models and a healthy parent.

When I'm old I shall behave recklessly and smoke/ drink/ eat whatever I like. You're a long time dead after all might as well go out having had a bit of fun.

Let him eat what he wants.
My grandad died 3 months away from his hundredth birthday, having spent the last two years in a wonderful carehome where there were open boxes of chocolates dotted round the lounge, and a little gilt drinks trolley was pushed tround before lunch and dinner, often with cheese straws or those cheese footballs. We suspect his diet in the last few months didn' stray far from sherry, chocolates, fondant fancies and cheesy snacks, but he found them easy to eat and thoroughly enjoyed the taste still. His eyes would light up at the prospect of these treats.
At that age, pleasure in eating and drinking is worth a lot, I think.

Crikey, how much longer are we expecting to prolong life? Let them at the bacon & eggs!

Prawns are high in cholesterol. That might be why the nurse suggested they cut down, but at 95 why bother. Frying in oil is better than lard.

At age 94 my mum had a heart attack and was told to go on a low fat diet. We (her children) nodded and smiled when the doctor said this and let her eat whatever she wanted for the last year of her life.

She loved ice cream and probably didn't eat enough of it to make a flea's bollock's difference in how long she had left to live, but by that time there was little point in depriving mum of anything.

I hope this 96 year old chap has a good sprinkling of salt on his eggs as under-salted eggs are dire; bacon as crisp as he likes it.

Just let him eat what he likes. He's old enough to make his own decisions

When my uncle was dying in hospital of throat cancer he wanted whisky.. his doctor went out and bought him a bottle and said that it was a bit late to be denying him what he wanted now. He died the next morning as everyone expected but managed to enjoy a nice drink or two the night before. The nurses bless them even managed to magic up some ice. I still look back and think that it was an incredible kindness they did him.

@UhtredRagnarson

Fwiw bacon makes my heart very happy

Mine too!

Let him have what he wants 100%

I’m team bacon 🥓

Yep bacon and crack butties if he wants them.
‘Crack on’ I say.
#teamcrackpipe.

I’ve known a few people who’ve died in their late 90s/early 100s and all of them have had a great quality of life to 85, but I don’t know anyone who hasn’t had a few crappy years from 85, certainly 90 onwards. Our bodies aren’t designed to live that long. So I’ve maintained that once I get to 85 (or, I’m diagnosed with a terminal illness at an age prior to that), I’m going to eat and drink and smoke what I damn well please. If DH is still around he’ll be nearly 90 himself, and the DCs will be 54 and 51 respectively, so I don’t see any reason to live miserably in favour of surviving a few extra months.

As it is I have a lovely healthy DH and DCs that need me so I’m eating healthily, not drinking to much and not smoking . 50 years to go til I can have some fun 😂